1. A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
2. It is better to go to a house of mourningthan to go to a house of feasting,since that is the end of all mankind,and the living should take it to heart.
3. Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
4. The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.
5. It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise personthan to listen to the song of fools,
6. for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool.This too is futile.